Category: Local Issues

The Dene, The Crescent, Crescent Close, Brookfield Avenue, Midway Close, Riverdale, Ashtree Avenue, Willowfield and Parkside in Nettleham to be given a new lease of life. The £230,000 project is due to begin on Wednesday, 31st October and is expected to be completed on Monday, 26th November. To allow the improvements to be carried out…

Former Olympic athlete, Colin Jackson, CBE, says West Lindsey Leisure Centre boasts facilities and equipment that are comparable to the biggest in the UK following a local community open day over the weekend. The event, which took place on Saturday, 15th September, celebrated the opening of the new state-of-the-art Health and Wellbeing Hub, with the…

Cllr. Giles McNeill, who represents West Lindsey District Council on Lincoln Area Dial-a-Ride’s committee, has welcomed the arrival of three brand new mini-buses with a grant of £100,000 from the National Lottery’s Big Lottery Fund. The new vehicles were received at the firm’s base in Lincoln with the Worshipful Mayor of Lincoln, Cllr. Keith Weaver,…

Lace Housing has formally marked the start of the building of its two new schemes for older people in two sought-after villages near Lincoln. The official turning of the turf ceremonies were held Tuesday, 17th July for the developments, which are being built on land formerly used for farming on Lincoln Road in Ingham and…

Local Councillor welcomes the grant of planning permission for West Lindsey District Council’s new state of the art crematorium. The application for the new build on Gainsborough Road, Lea was considered at the meeting of the authority’s Planning Committee, held at the Guildhall, Marshall’s Yard, Gainsborough on Wednesday, 27th June 2018; where it was approved. West Lindsey…

Lincolnshire will receive an additional £3.4 million from the Government’s Pothole Action Fund to repair the county’s roads. The conservative-led county council now has a total of £12.4 million to spend on potholes, road repairs and other improvements during 2018/19, which included the £9m previously earmarked by the council for this financial year. Lincolnshire’s allocation…

Nettleham put its best foot forward for Channel 4’s ‘Village of the Year’ programme and looked stunning in glorious sunshine from last summer. Penelope Keith and judges – archaeologist Alex Langlands, garden designer Juliet Sargeant and craft expert Patrick Grant – have been visiting UK villages vying for the title of ‘Village of the Year’…

West Lindsey District Council has adopted a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for the district. This means that developers of new housing and other types of development specified within the Authorities’ Charging Schedule will be required to pay a levy, based on the amount and size of newfound buildings. The new CIL charge will be introduced…

As 2018 begins I would like to wish everyone, particularly people who live in Grange-de-Lings, Nettleham and Riseholme, the people that I represent on West Lindsey District Council, my very best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2018. When last year’s civic year began in May I was very pleased to be offered the opportunity…

The annual independent audit by KPMG has assessed West Lindsey District Council’s Statement of Accounts 2016/17 resulting in the best possible outcome of an unqualified audit opinion. In addition auditors confirmed that West Lindsey District Council, which has been under Conservative control since 2008, represents good value for money in its use of resources for the…